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SB 753

Relating to rail.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Chris Gorsek and 2 co-sponsors

Raises NC State Highway Patrol pay with an experience-based schedule and rank salaries, funded at about $40.48M/year for 2025–27 to boost recruitment and retention.

In committee upon adjournment.
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Bill Summary · SB 753

Summary — SB 753: NC Highway Patrol Retention Act

Status: Passed 1st Reading (introduced Feb 21, 2025)
Subject areas: Appropriations; employment; law enforcement; salaries & benefits; state personnel; public safety

Main purpose

To raise pay for sworn members of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (SHP) by establishing a new experience-based pay schedule and rank-based salary rates, and to appropriate funds to support those increases for the 2025–2027 fiscal biennium. The intent is to improve recruitment and retention of SHP officers.

Key provisions

  • Appropriation
    • Appropriates $40,482,480 from the General Fund to the Reserve for Compensation Increases for each year of the 2025–2027 biennium to implement the raises.
  • Experience-based salary schedule (effective July 1, 2025)
    • Step salaries by years of experience (annual):
    • 0 years: $56,000
    • 1 year: $62,125
    • 2 years: $68,250
    • 3 years: $75,375
    • 4 years: $80,500
    • 5 years: $86,625
    • 6 years: $92,750
    • 7 years: $98,875
    • 8+ years: $105,000
  • Rank-based salaries for sworn SHP employees not on the experience schedule (effective July 1, 2025)
    • Sergeant: $120,750
    • First Sergeant: $132,825
    • Lieutenant: $146,108
    • Captain: $160,718
    • Major: $176,790
    • Lieutenant Colonel: $194,469
    • Deputy Commander: $204,193
    • Colonel: $224,612
  • Effective date: provisions take effect when the act becomes law, with the pay schedules effective July 1, 2025.

Who is affected

  • Directly: all sworn law enforcement officers of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (both rank-and-file on the experience schedule and higher-ranked sworn employees on the rank schedule).
  • Indirectly: state payroll and budgeting authorities; the General Fund in the 2025–2027 biennium; recruitment/retention outcomes for law enforcement across the state.

Fiscal and procedural notes

  • Identified General Fund cost: $40.48 million per fiscal year (2025–26 and 2026–27) — appropriated to the Reserve for Compensation Increases.
  • Timeline: introduced Feb 21, 2025; the salary changes are scheduled to begin July 1, 2025 (subject to enactment).
  • Implementation will require payroll adjustments and administrative actions by the Department of Public Safety / SHP personnel offices.

Expected impact

  • Raises are intended to increase SHP compensation, improving retention and recruitment competitiveness. The bill creates a clear, step-based pay progression and higher rank salaries, with a measurable, near‑term General Fund cost concentrated in the 2025–2027 biennium.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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